Condiment-holder.



CONDIMENT HOLDER APPLICATION man NOV. 5. 1915.

1,237, 100. Patented Au 14, 1917.

Ui'rEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. ROSS, OF PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY.

GONDIMENT-HOLDER.

Application filed November 5, 1915. Serial No. 59,853.

. o aZZ whom it may concern."

v and break u I invention consists in the construction and- Y portionand minor details of construction Be it known that I, JOHN C. Ross,a-citizen of the United States, residing at Perth Amboy, in the countyof Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Condiment-Holders; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, .and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The invention'relates to improvements in condiment holders.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofcondiment holders and to provide a simple, practical, and comparativelyinexpensive condiment holder equipped with a cap provided with a valveand with an agitator and adapted to keep the contents of the holderabsolutely dry .and at the same time protect the contents fromcontamination by germs and loss or deterioration through constantcontact with the atmosphere.

A further object of the invention is to provide a condiment holder ofthis character adapted to agitate the contents of the holder lumps ofmaterial and capable also 0 cleaning the perforations of the cap duringthe operation of shaking the material from the holder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a construction adapted tolend itself advantageously to decorative effect especially where amonogram or analogous ornamntation is desired. I I

With these and other objects in view the novel combination andarragement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim hereto appended, itbeing understood that various changes in the form, prothe spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawingv Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a condimentholder constructed in accordance with this invention,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of valve being removed,

Fig. 3 isa plan view of the agitator, the valvestem being in section,

:the same, the

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the agitator and valve stem,

Fig.- 5 is a vertical sectional view illustrating amodification of-theinvention.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding partsin the severalfigures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings in which .is illustrated the preferredembodiment of the invention, 1 designates a-cap designed to beconstructed of any suitable material and interiorly threaded at 2 andadapted to screw on a receptacle 3 which may be made of glass or anyother suitable material to enable the condiment holder to contain saltor any other condiment or like material to be shaken at intervals fromthe receptacle. By threading the cap at .2 to engage an upper threadedportion 4 of the receptacle,

the device is adaptedto be applied to standard receptacles ofanymaterial and does not require any modification of thecom structionthereof. The cap is provided with a to wall 5 constituting a valve seatand;

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 14:, 1917.

10 to" fit the exterior of the top wall of the cap" for covering theperforations and posit vely excluding dust, dampness and ;germs andprotecting the contents of the receptacle from the action of theatmosphere so that the contents will not deteriorate or become caked orotherwise objectionable.

The valve 9 is preferably provided with a convex outer face to conformto the general configuration of the top of the capand the lower end ofthe stem is preferably threaded and screwed into a central socket 12 ofan agitator 13 but it may be secured to the latter in any other desiredmanner. The threading of the lower end of the stem in the agitatorenables assembled. v

The agitator which acts as a weight in of the materialto cause the sameto be disthe parts to be readily I '10s seating the valve and to breakup any lumps preferably consists of armsl arranged diametrically butinstead of employing four arms the number may of course be varied as ywill be readily understood. Thearms 14: of

the agitator are oppositely beveled to provide inclined sides or faces15 to prevent the 1 material accumulating upon the upper face of the-armbut the surfaces may be arranged in any other desired manner as will bea readily understood and the arms are prov. vided with spursor-projections 16 arranged to correspond with the perforations of the.

valve seat and adapted during the operation of shaking material from thecondiment holder to clean the perforations whereby a positive dischargeof the materialis assured;

In Fig. 5 is illustrated a, modification of the invention in which theca 17 is pro' vided with. a concaved exterior ace or valve seat 18 tocoeperate with a valve 19 presenting a lower rounded face and an upperconvex or rounded face, the valve being in substantially'the shape of aslightly flattened or depressed ball but the configuration of the valvemay be varied as will be readily understood. The cap 17 is provided withper- I forations 20 which are covered by the valve 19 when, thelatter isseated and the valve has a stem 21 which carries an agitator 22constructed similar to that heretoforedescribed, The spurs orprojections 23 may be varied in length to enable themto rojeet into theperforations 20 the desired extent. a

lhe agitator acts asa weight for-seaung clean the the receptacle.

memoo the valve and for holding the same in its closed position and inthe operation of the shaker or condiment holder the agitator movestoward and from the top wall or valve seat of the cap and it is adaptedto perforations thereof and at the same time it will operate to crush orbreak up lumps and pulverize the material within jor portion of thesurface of the top of the 4 i cap, and forming a closure for the saidperforations, a stem extending from the valve and an agita' and slidablethrough the cap tor carried by the stem and consisting of radiallyarranged arms having oppositely inclined side faces and provided attheir apexes with spurs or projections-adapted to clean theperforations, said agitator being adaptedto return the valve to its seatand the oppositely incllned faces of the arms forming wedge-shapedportions adapted to cut their way through the material.

In testimony whereof ll afix my signature .in presence oftwo witnesses.

' JTQHN GROSS;

Witnesses:

' FRANK Nana, lMlARGARET Hannah.

